Zoller

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in German: German surname from the title for a customs/toll official in Alsace-Lorraine

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈzɑɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zoller is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 98K
  • USUnited States1 in 125K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zoller itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,200 people, est.

Sources
284 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zöller in DE Germany and Zoeller in NZ New Zealand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

German surname from the title for a customs/toll official in Alsace-Lorraine.

Sources 1

  • Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Zoller is read(measured from records)

Zoller is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English67%

    ‘Customs officer’, from MHG zoller.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • German16%

    German surname from the title for a customs/toll official in Alsace-Lorraine.

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

    Berufsname zu mhd. zoller/zolner, mnd. tolner 'Zöllner, Zolleinnehmer'; Karte zeigt o/ö-Variation. 2 Typen/2065 Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

    Berufsname zu Zoll/Zöllner; auf der Platte mit stimmlosem Anlautwechsel T/Z und Schreibvarianten Zol-/Zoll-/Zöll-.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zoller counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zoller is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#692≈5,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Zöller116
US United States—2,6671 in 125K2.7KZoller284
CH Switzerland#8788311 in 10K831Zoller54
IT Italy—≈450 est.≈1 in 140K—Zoller7
AT Austria—≈440 est.≈1 in 20K—Zoller48
CA Canada—≈380 est.≈1 in 98K—Zoller47
NZ New Zealand—≈61 est.≈1 in 81K—Zoeller2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zoller is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zöller

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zöller

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Zöller

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Switzerland, Romania

    Also written Zöller

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Zöller

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Josef Anton Zoller, b. 1730Friedrich, Freiherr von Zoller, b. 1762Oskar von Zoller, b. 1809Otto Zoller, b. 1864Walter Zoller, b. 1900Attila Zoller, b. 1927Peter Zoller, b. 1952Martha Zoller, b. 1959Robert Zoller, b. 1961Simon Zoller, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Zoller,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Zoller
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.7K#10,725
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.7K#11,746
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.6K#11,651
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024831#1,454
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zoller mean, and where does it come from?
German surname from the title for a customs/toll official in Alsace-Lorraine. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
How do you pronounce Zoller?
A machine transcription gives /ˈzɑɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Zoller have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Zoller in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zöller.
Where is Zoller most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zoller is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 10 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zoller?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,667 people named Zoller in 2010, about 1 in 125 thousand residents.
How common is Zoller compared with other names?
In Germany, Zoller is the 692nd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zoller” — the 692nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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